Improved spring-bedstead



UNITED STATES RUEUs LAPHAM, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED SPR|N.GBEDSTEAD.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,680, dated June 19, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUFUS LAPHAM, of the city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Device for Applying Springs to Bedsteads, Sofas, Lounges, 85e.; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of bedstead; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the mode of fastening the center piece, a; Fig. 3, end view of the springs.

l provide a center piece, a, of any desired dimension or material, constructing the saine so as to leave the interstices b b b b in such manner that the springs c c c may incline upward at a given angle for the reception of the cross-piece or spring d d d. Said center piece a is fastened in any manner to the head and foot boards Vof the bedstead, sofa, or lounge, or keyed in the manner as shown in the drawings. The springs c c c are constructed in such manner as to tit the iuterstiees b l) b snugly,

the upper ends being slotted so that the crosspieoes or top springs, d d d, which have pins e e on their under ends, fit in said slots, as shown in Fig. 3. The ends of said springs d d d are provided with rounded ends or projections, so as to prevent the mattress or bedding from slipping. l also provide one more thin slat runningparallel with the een ter piece, a, which serves in keeping the springs d d din their place.

This spring recommends itself for its siniplicity and applicability to other articles of household furniture. The application of the center piece adds more strength to the bedstead.

That I claiinas my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The center piece, a, or its equivalent, with the interstices b b b, the springs c c c, with their slots, the cross-pieces or springs d d d, with their pins e e, fitting in the slots of o c c, in combination, operating substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

RUFUS LAPHAM.

/Vitnesses JULIUs SILVERSMITH, JAMES M. SINOLAIR. 

